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Can we stream makemkv rips to AppleTV2

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 1:42 pm
by pasjk
Is there a way to do this without converting to mv4 and putting in I Tunes?

Re: Can we stream makemkv rips to AppleTV2

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:15 pm
by Icanseestars
Only if you jailbreak the ATV (use greenpois0n) and install XBMC.

Otherwise no.

Re: Can we stream makemkv rips to AppleTV2

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:44 pm
by pasjk
I was just reading about XBMC. What is greenpoison? does it install like XBMC?
Thanks

Re: Can we stream makemkv rips to AppleTV2

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:22 pm
by Icanseestars
Greenpois0n jailbreaks an AppleTV2, it installs Cydia which allows you to install other software on the ATV one of which is XBMC.

Re: Can we stream makemkv rips to AppleTV2

Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 4:39 pm
by pasjk
Thanks for the clarification.

Re: Can we stream makemkv rips to AppleTV2

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:13 am
by boxster99t
Just wanted to mention, that if you have an airplay enabled device (iPhone 4 or iPad), you can stream mkv from your networked Mac, to the iPhone 4 or iPad, using the AirVideo App available in iTunes, and the AirVideo server on the Mac. AirVideo server is free; you can use the free version of AirVideo for iPhone or iPad, but it limits the number of directories you can access.

With the apps installed, you launch AirVideo Server on the mac, launch the app on the iPhone/iPad, select and play the mkv file from the iPhone/iPad, and then select Airplay-AppleTV 2 and it plays on the TV that's connected to the AppleTV 2. Only downside is that it doesn't pick up the DTS-HD audio. For that, you have to go through the encoding using Handbrake, or whatever other application you use to encode the MKV file into an .m4v that can play on the AppleTV 2. No jailbreaking of the AppleTV 2 required.

See here for the Apps:

http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/index ... 635BF957D1